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Visiting Research Chair in Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology

US$25,000 for 4 months September or January Fulbright Canada Program Officer (Scholars)

At Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the College of Science will conduct research and teach a course or mentor a team in one of IIT’s Interprofessional (IPRO) Projects. In addition, the Chair may deliver public lectures, give seminar presentations and participate in conferences.

IIT College of Science research includes

Physics:

Accelerator research and development

Computational biophysics

Materials science using synchrotron radiation

Theoretical particle physics

Physics education/collegiate education

Biology:

Muscle and cellular matrix biology

Biological macromolecular dynamics

Cancer biology

Bioremediation

Chemistry:

Biological and medicinal chemistry

Chemistry of materials

Catalysis

Nanopore sensing and gas sensors

Computational and theoretical chemistry

Computer Science:

Parallel and distributed processing, high-performance computing

Computational linguistics

Information retrieval, data mining

Grid computing, cloud computing

Wireless networks

Applied Mathematics:

Data science, statistical learning, and approximation

Computational biological fluids and novel materials

Graphs, networks, and optimization

Mathematical finance

Stochastic dynamics and multiscale modeling

IIT College of Science educates outstanding students who want to make a difference in the world. It offers students a rigorous, academically demanding education that is relevant and grounded in real-world experiences. IIT benefits from its location in Chicago, a vibrant global city near Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.

Applicants are encouraged to identify their primary and alternate choices on the application. Formal letters of invitation should not be sought; however, applicants are encouraged to contact the institution to discuss research interests.

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Featured Fulbrighters

Robin McLay (1998-1999) has occupied senior management positions at CIDA, the Canadian School for Public Service, the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill, and the MasterCard Foundation.

Dr. Sandy Y.M. Ng (2011-2012) was a member of the inaugural class of the Fulbright NEXUS Scholar program. A faculty member at Queen’s University, she took up her Fulbright award at Stanford University.

Dr. Shannon Risk (2008-2009) is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Director of the Womens' Studies Minor, and Fulbright Advisor at Niagara University. She is also a prolific writer and innovative storyteller.

Andrew (2010-2011) graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Hofstra University with a B.A. in Political Science. He Earned an M.A. in Critical Disability Studies from York University in Toronto while on his Fulbright Fellowship.

Michael Geist (1996-1997), Canada Research Chair in Internet and E Commerce at the University of Ottawa, was named one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property magazine.

Dr. Earl Fry (1995-1996), a professor of Political Science and endowed professor of Canadian Studies at Brigham Young University, spent his Fulbright year in Canada at the University of Toronto and has not looked back.

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About Fulbright

The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (Fulbright Canada) is a binational, treaty-based, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization with a mandate to identify the best and brightest minds in both countries and engage them in residential academic exchange.